‘‘Today marks the 750th day since the Democrat-led Senate has passed a budget. During that time we have accumulated $3.2 trillion in gross debt. We are headed for a fiscal crisis that threatens our whole economy and yet the Democrat Senate refuses to put forward a plan—or to even allow a Senate budget to be presented and debated in public.

Democrats campaigned for the majority. They asked for the job. To shut down the budget process is a deep disservice to the American electorate.

Federal spending has grown from $1.8 trillion in 2001 to $3.7 trillion today. America has heard many empty promises about cutting spending. The American people deserve an honest budget that holds up to serious scrutiny. They deserve a budget that puts an end to the Washington spending spree instead of hiking taxes to pay for it. They deserve a budget that confronts our economic crisis today and prevents economic decline tomorrow. To begin moving in that direction we hope that Senate Democrats will end the budget blockade.’’